The Onondaga County Legislature will vote today on a PILOT for the Township 5 development in Camillus.Cameron Group LLC

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Onondaga County Legislature will vote today on whether to approve a special 25-year payment in lieu of taxes for the proposed Township 5 development in Camillus, which will include Upstate New York's first Costco Wholesale store.

Project developer Cameron Group LLC proposes to make $41 million in PILOT payments over 25 years, about the same as what it would pay in property taxes. But roughly $9 million of the PILOT money would be used to pay for the estimated $6 million cost (plus interest charges over 25 years) to make improvements to four nearby intersections, build an access road and install a sewage pumping station.

That would leave local taxing jurisdictions – the county, the town of Camillus, and the West Genesee School District - with approximately $32 million in PILOT payments. Camillus has approved the PILOT, and the school district is expected to approve when it votes April 10. The Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency also must vote on the deal.

The Legislature meets today at 1 p.m. Other items on the agenda include:

-- A proposal to create a $500,000 revolving fund to be used by SMG, the company that manages the county’s Oncenter complex, to promote concerts or other events at NBT Bank Stadium. The revolving fund would be seeded with money from the general fund. With written permission from the county executive and the Legislature chairman, SMG could draw from the fund to pay booking fees and to promote events. SMG would be required to deposit net proceeds from events back into the fund.

-- A proposal to require pawn shops and many other dealers in secondhand merchandise to keep better records of the merchandise they acquire and the people who sell it to them, to help police track stolen items. The law mirrors similar legislation on the books in Syracuse, and is intended to prevent secondhand dealers from locating just outside the city to avoid the stricter rules.